1. Sabine Uecker was born on 1 May 1943 and is a German chemical engineer and politician who served in the Volkskammer and the reunified Bundestag in 1990.
10 Facts About Sabine Uecker
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Sabine Uecker was born on 1 May 1943 in Potsdam, Brandenburg.
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Sabine Uecker's parents were both teachers, and she grew up in East Germany.
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Sabine Uecker received her Abitur in 1961, and began studying chemical engineering.
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In November 1989, Uecker co-founded a branch of the Social Democratic Party in Teltow.
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Sabine Uecker was elected to the Volkskammer in the March 1990 East German general election, the only free and fair parliamentary election in the country's history, representing the Potsdam District as a member of the SDP.
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Sabine Uecker served in the Volkskammer until 2 October 1990, as Germany reunified the following day.
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Sabine Uecker immediately began serving in the Bundestag as a member of the reunified Social Democratic Party, sitting on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs.
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Sabine Uecker ran for re-election in the 1990 German federal election, but was defeated.
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Sabine Uecker was a member of the Teltow city council and the Potsdam-Mittelmark district council from 1990 until 1995.